Saturday 28 July 2012

Little bits of Summer


Sending off my giveaway parcel in the post office. Sparkly nails and a foxy ring. Swansea Beach. The Night Circus.
Heroes chocolates. Pub quiz. Shoes. Weird clown thing.
Krispy kreme trip. Mug drawing. My neighbours attention seeking cat. New necklace from Delilah Dust.
Still reading A Clash of Kings. Glossy Box. Mumbles Sunset. Sandal buddies.
So it turns out we're getting a bit of a summer right now, is everyone making the most of it? I am trying to but still not as much as I'd like considering it might not be here next week! Silly, mean British weather, y u no make up yr mind?! Anywho I didn't really know what to call this post other than 'Week in Instagram' so I called it 'Little bits of Summer' even though not everything is summery, ah well.

I've been to the beach of course, but they're more like evening or afternoon strolls with my boyfriend or my friend, not proper beach visits. I went to Cardiff for some shopping (was meant to go Ice Skating but we got there too late) and I tried my first ever twinkies (didn't like it) and my first ever Krispy Kreme donought, well two actually (they were heaven) so it was fun. I tried out a new pub quiz with my boyfriend and we double dated with his friend, me and his friends girlfriend just left it up to the boys and we came third! (Out of er...four oops!). On the way to Cardiff though they had all these street performers from the town centre to the train station which was a bit bizarre but a cool concept called 'A Welcome Disruption to Life'. I drew on a mug as a birthday present, and got a new necklace from Delilah dust which reminds me of being a teenager when I had loads of crystal necklaces, they're so pretty though. I won a box of Heroes in work for being super (well sorta) and I got this months Glossy box so I should do a review on that and She Said Beauty soon. I also stole cat cuddles with the neighbours cat who is an attention whore, but I love it. With my old cat she never really liked that much fuss so its novel to me for a cat to demand attention, it makes me happy.

I read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern which is really good if you like realistic magical books which involves pov's from multiple characters and a Romeo and Juliet style romance. I half wish I was still reading it, as I didn't really want it to end. However I also need to finish A Clash of Kings which is the second in the Game of Thrones series by Geroge R. R. Martin. These books are taking me forever! The Night Circus I finished in less than 24 hours, I read it late at night over two nights. This is usually typical for me to read a book in one or two goes, but these books? Take forever. I think its because the pov changes every chapter and it takes awhile to get into it. I also put it down a lot since the end of each chapter is always an easy place to stop reading compared to other books as that section is done for the time being. I decided to stop reading it to finish watching the TV series as some things were out of order and I was getting confused. So I waited until I caught up on the TV show and started reading again. I will eventually finish these books, and hopefully if I read them before the next series start that'll be better. I only had this problem with Lotr when I was 11! I read the first book after watching the first film and that took awhile, but the second and third books I read before the films and they flew by so I'll have to do that now. Sorry for the little book essay, I like reading books!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend, I'll be wokring later but had this day and tomorrow off so that makes me happy. Did anyone watch the Olympics Ceremony last night? How weird was that? It was like Loft at the start with the shire and then the fires haha, I saw so many comments on fb, twitter and instagram about how weird it was. It was good, but it took awhile didn't it? I really liked the Queen/James Bond bit, Mr Bean, the NHS moon bed bit, the flying bird cyclists and that guy from Two Door Cinema club singing as they lighted the 'Cauldron'. I thought it was really awesome how they did it and liked the fact that they let teenagers light it instead of themselves. So overall it was weird, with some good bits inbetween!

8 comments:

  1. What beautiful shots! I am so envious of your summer weather - it is still winter in New Zealand! I can't wait for it to finally warm up!

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    Lost in the Haze: a Fashion Photography Blog

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    1. Ah don't be to jealous, we never have sunshine for long! It's usually winter like weather and then when the sun appears everyone tries to make the most of it!

      Hope winter zooms by for you though :)

      Lisa xx

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  2. Hi Lisa, popping by to say hi! Love the blog :)
    Your neighbours cat looks gorgeous, supper snuggly and your week looks lovely too- i downloaded the Game of Thrones books for my bf, half tempted to read them myself and i loved the TV program so much, did you ever catch it??
    Nic @ our little balham life

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    1. Aw thank you :D

      She is adorable, and follows us everywhere when she can before throwing herself on the floor for belly rubs XD

      I have watched the TV show which is awesome, and I always like to read the book version of things as there tends to be more details. But if you are going to read them, set aside some time! They are good though, so since you've downloaded them you may as well read them :)

      Lisa xx

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  3. I wasn't sure what to make of The Night Circus...I think I'll have to re-read it again, give it another go because I usually love those types of books!

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    1. It was strange, did you dislike any particular bits?

      I just like mutliple pov's that all come together in the end (unless there's too many!)

      Lisa xx

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  4. Seems like you've been super busy! Glad there's a bit of sun in the UK. Loving your new layout too xx
    Island Girl Insights ♥

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    1. I just wish the sun stayed a little bit longer though :( and thanks! :)

      Lisa xx

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